Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said that Turkey should join the anti-terrorist operation against militants of the group “Islamic State” (IG). “We want Turkey to do more in the fight against the IG. They need to join the so-called anti-terrorist operation, and to participate in it “, – quotes AFP Mr. Carter. According to the Pentagon, Ankara important in this area of conflict and as a border country, which is a NATO member and a responsible member of the antiterrorist coalition should control the long border with Syria and Iraq.
Earlier US Air Force sent to the Turkish military base “Incirlik” F-16 fighters, which will be used during operations against militants “Islamic State».
As reported by “Kommersant” in Brussels, a meeting of the permanent representatives of NATO countries at the request of the Turkish authorities, the outbreak of hostilities in Iraq and Syria on two fronts – against the IG and the Kurds. Such active intervention of Ankara to several conflicts caught unawares of its allies. If in the case of the IG, the Turkish authorities can count on the understanding and sympathy of the West, the attacks on the Kurdish leaders in Iraq and Syria, an independent war against Islamic radicals, triggered criticism of the Turkish government. There is a danger that Turkey might try to involve NATO in its conflict with the Kurds, which Turkish authorities to pursue their own – domestic – purposes.
For more information about the conflict with the Kurds and the country Syria, see the article “b” “Turkey calls NATO war».
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